Progress in the field of computer security is driven by a symbiotic
relationship between our understandings of attack and of defense. The
USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies aimed to bring together
researchers and practitioners in system security to present research
advancing the understanding of attacks on operating systems, networks,
and applications.

The attendees were authors of accepted position
papers/presentations as well as invited guests. A limited number of grants were
available to assist presenters who might otherwise be unable to attend
the workshop.